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title: "Verse 06.12 | Bhagavad-Gita: 06 - The Yoga of Contemplation - v1.4"
heading: "Bhagavad-Gita: Chapter 06"
subheading: "= 06.12 ="
updated: "2025-09-29T00:00:00+00:00"
words: 
url: https://ananda.icu/trans/bg/06/12
description: "The sixth chapter of Bhagavad-Gita explores dhyana-yoga, the path of union through contemplative practice. It discusses the state and effects of yoga, literally union, and the practices and path of the yogi, the contemplator on a quest for that union."
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tatraikāgraṁ manaḥ kṛtvā
   yata-cittendriya-kriyaḥ |
upaviśyāsane yuñjyād
   yogam ātma-viśuddhaye ||12||[↪](/trans/bg/06/12)
There, the mind is brought to singular attention,
with control of thoughts, senses, and actions;
Seated in this abiding, one should connect
in union for the complete cleansing of the self.
Notes: The cultivation of _ekāgra_ or singular attention is central to the practice of yoga. In Patanjali's classic formulation, this process unfolds over four major phases: Initial _pratyāhāra_, the withdrawal of consciousness from externality; a basis for _dhāraṇā_, the mental retention of the object of concentration; leading to _dhyāna_, the profound and effortless flow of contemplation; and into _samādhi_, the unification of the mental field with the object. This initial unification of consciousness is progressively refined over the stages of recursive _vitarka_, reflective _vicāra_, intuitive _ānanda_, and self-imploding _asmitā_, and ultimately reaches _nirvikalpa-samādhi_, an invariant union marked by the categorical dissolution of polarized boundaries.

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